USS Wyoming on her last cruise, in waters of the City of New York. The battleship moves in the East River accompanied by tugboats. The crew of the battleship is on deck. The ship passes under the Brooklyn bridge. Crowd gathered on the bridge. Bi-wing scout planes on the battleship deck.
Planes flying around a tower during National Air Race. One of the planes land. Crowd around watch. Wreckage of the plane amidst the crowd. Lieutenant P DeShazo,naval pilot is killed in the plane crash. Authorities make a human circle around the crashed plane to avoid spectators
United States Revenue Cutter captures crew of 10 British rum runners in New York during Prohibition. Captured boat seized by Coast Guard escort boat arriving dockside at barge office. Coast Guard personnel in uniform on the captured boat. Crowd around the barge office watches the confiscation. The seize includes rum-original Sheriff's Malt and bags of William Penn, worth $200,000. Workers slide the rum barrels on a plank to the barge office from the boat. They lift bags to the dockside.
Cloudburst hits Reichenhall,the famous spa town. Muddy water flow. Men move a huge stone lying amidst a road. Fallen and mud flooded houses are seen. Streets are rock washed
Alpine Auto Classic Race is held in Klausen Pass, Uri, Switzerland. Crowds gather on nearby mountains. Cars move at fast speed on the steep curved roads. People gather around the roadside to watch the race. Men climb on roof to see the cars.
Arthur Woods, former New York Police Commissioner raises his hat and smiles in Washington DC, during his role as chairman of President Herbert Hoover's Committee on Employment. Scenes of construction projects underway providing work during the Great Depression: A huge construction site with work in progress building many high rise buildings. A large dam being built. A large crane moving material to a bridge from ground. Workers engaged in welding work. Sparks at the welding site. A large crane moving iron. Workers building giant ships in shipyards. Workers walk on docks beside a ship under construction in a shipyard.
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